TacticScaleWhat Crane Does & How It Makes Money (CR)
Updated October 2026 · reflects Crane's latest reported financials
Industrial maker of aerospace components, valves, pumps, and flow-control systems. Crane makes money by selling engineered components and systems, both as original equipment and as aftermarket replacement parts, to aerospace, defense, space, industrial process, and commercial customers.
How Crane makes money
Crane makes money by selling engineered components and systems, both as original equipment and as aftermarket replacement parts, to aerospace, defense, space, industrial process, and commercial customers. Sales are split between its Aerospace & Advanced Technologies and Process Flow Technologies segments.
What Crane does
Crane Company is a diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products. Founded in 1855 and based in Stamford, Connecticut, it sells in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and other international markets. It was formerly known as Crane Holdings, Co. The company has two segments. Aerospace & Advanced Technologies supplies critical components and systems for commercial aerospace, military aerospace, defense, and space, both as original equipment and as aftermarket parts. Its products include aircraft engine pressure sensors, braking systems, power conversion solutions, and lubrication systems. Process Flow Technologies provides process and commercial valves, pumps and systems, valve positioning and control systems, vacuum insulated pipe systems, and valve diagnostic and calibration tools.
Products & services
- Aircraft braking systems for commercial aircraft and fighter jets
- Pressure sensors for aircraft engine control
- Power conversion solutions for defense and space
- Process valves, pumps and systems
- Valve positioning, control, diagnostic and calibration systems
- Vacuum insulated pipe systems
What is Crane worth?
On an owner-earnings DCF, Crane's most-likely value is about $145 versus a recent price near $205 (29% above fair value). But TacticScale only calls a stock undervalued when the price sits below its conservative no-growth floor (~$66) with a margin of safety — so the honest verdict here is “Fairly priced — no edge.” Fair value earns its keep only at the extremes, not in the wide middle.
Price sits in the normal range — fair value isn't actionable here; it earns its keep only when price drops below the no-growth floor, or runs to roughly double the optimistic case.
Analysis, not advice. Fair value is a margin-of-safety estimate from a deterministic owner-earnings DCF, not a price target or recommendation. See the full breakdown →
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